10/31/10
Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus prompt for this week is: "Abraham Lincoln was a lot shorter than I thought he would be...” To learn all about Saturday Centus, the rules, and to read the other posts, just click on the button on my sidebar or on Saturday Centus above. You won’t be disappointed!
Jenny hamstrung us a little by limiting our posts, not including the prompt, to 50 words instead of the usual 100. I suppose it’s her Halloween “Trick” for us!
Poor Ole Abe
"Abraham Lincoln was a lot shorter than I thought he would be...no doubt because he had been hounded, hammered, harangued, pummeled, persecuted, punished, disturbed, drummed, denigrated, disparaged, downgraded, deprecated, dismissed, rattled, ruffled, trivialized, traduced, minimized, maligned, battered, berated and, yes, belittled by Mary Todd.”
© cj schlottman
5 years ago
12 comments:
LOVED it! Absolutely wonderful! Yes, yes, that would make a proud man short! :) I truly enjoyed this story!
Malisa
I love this, CJ. This was one of the most fascinating, honest, and funny sentences I've ever read. You also taught me a few new words. Thanks!
xoRobyn
This is a delightfully fresh take on the prompt, CJ! Very well done!
lved it so good
Loved this CJ! And the last two words caught me by surprise - I assumed the veritable thesaurus of abuse was from his party or from his position as President! Great job! Kat
She traduced him? Really? Not Mary. Say it ain't so, CJ! Mary wouldn't do that, no way.
Oh my, poor Abe. I never knew LOL. Good job.
Wonderful use of 50 words!! LOL! I am impressed!!
Very good indeed, well done!! :o)
Monsieur Roget would be so proud! Great entry this week CJ! Very well done! LOL!
Awwww...way to burst my bubble. I always thought Mary was a sweet, retiring, genteel little lady!
Thanks for a great link to SC!
This was so clever!
poor Abe to deal with all of this. rose
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